Mayor Joe Cobb, City Manager Valmarie Turner, and Police Chief Scott Booth issued a joint statement regarding Anton Brown's arrest.

On March 18, 2025, Roanoke Police officers arrested 24-year-old Anton Brown and charged him with Obstruction/Resisting without Force for refusing to listen to an officer’s command during a lawful traffic stop.

A Lynchburg man has been arrested after a joint operation between Lynchburg Police and the Central Virginia Drug and Gang Task Force.

7 people were arrested in Lyncburg following a warrant that targeted multiple wanted people, Lynchburg Police Department said.

Kurt James Davis, 34, is currently charged with second-degree murder and has a history of legal issues.

A significant development has emerged in the investigation into the tragic death of Elsie Wiggington. Patricia Wiggington, the ex-wife of Frederick Wiggington—who is already in custody facing charges for Elsie’s murder—was arrested on January 12th. She is now facing charges of obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact.

The Pulaski Police Department arrested a 33-year-old Pulaski man after he allegedly made threats to occupants of an apartment while allegedly armed with a gun.

Arrest made in cold case murder of Emma Compton Layne

A woman and a man were arrested after fleeing from deputies in Henry County on Wednesday, authorities said.

A man was arrested on narcotics charges in Henry County on Thursday. He was charged with possession and intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl.

A missing Russell County woman and her one-year-old child were found in the Town of Bedford on Feb. 16 after being missing for more than ten days, according to the Bedford Police Department.

The supervisor of Charlotte County is facing charges after an investigation authorized by the Virginia Attorney General’s office.

The Roanoke Police Department has made an arrest in the Brandon Avenue double homicide that happened in July.

The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office has announced new incidents in the 2019 murder case that left a mother and daughter dead.

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office has arrested the man wanted in connection with a homicide that happened in August.

A Henry County man is facing charges after investigators found drugs in his home, according to the sheriff’s office.

Four people have been arrested as a result of collaborative investigation efforts in Amherst County, according to the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office.

The man wanted for a deadly shooting in Lynchburg has been arrested after nearly a year, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.

A man has been arrested in connection with a February shooting that left another man dead, according to the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office.

A man has been charged in connection with the shooting that left a 45-year-old woman hospitalized on Thursday, according to the City of Martinsville.

The former Chief Deputy of the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office was arrested by state police on Saturday, April 1, according to Sheriff Kevin Hall.

Two people were arrested after authorities seized more than $1,500 worth of fentanyl, a stolen gun, meth, and suspected counterfeit pills during a narcotics investigation, according to the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office.

The Danville Police Department has arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a fire at an elementary school over the weekend.

Virginia State Police is investigating a former Pulaski County Sheriff’s Deputy in connection with a home break-in.

Dearington Elementary and E.C. Glass High School were placed on lockdowns due to the police activity in the community, as we reported.

The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office said that Karnes has been charged with three counts of malicious wounding and is currently being held in the Blue Ridge Regional Jail without bond.

On Wednesday, a Wytheville man pleaded guilty to 150 counts of possession of child pornography, according to a Wythe County Commonwealth’s Attorney release.

CNN – A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the stabbing death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors in New York City, police and prosecutors said Saturday. Majors, 18, was walking in Manhattan's Morningside Park near Barnard College on December 11 when she was attacked, NYPD said. "Sadly, it cannot bring back this young woman, this student, this victim," NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said of the arrest. "It paints a gruesome picture of what this young woman endured in her final moments," he said. The school’s campus stretches from West 116th Street to West 120th Street off Broadway in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City.